Coxing

Always had attitude that’s much bigger than your stature? Then Coxing is for you. The Coxswain is the individual who takes on the responsibility for carefully navigating the rowing boat to its destination. The task is however, much more than that. A cox is a leader, motivator, tactician and master of the skill of maneuvering. Cox’s ply their trade on flat water lane racing, in the swirling currents of tidal rivers and the turbulent conditions of coastlines. They range, like rowing athletes, from 9 to 90 and compete from school events to World Championships and the Olympic and Paralympic Games. A bad cox can cost you a race but a good cox often goes unnoticed. You generally hear them before you see them. Dealing with a gusting crosswind on a river estuary in a 16 metre long craft weighing 3/4 of a tonne that’s equipped with a rudder the size of a credit card takes exceptional skill especially when one is mindful of the fact that it costs more than a family sedan.